The Nalco guide to boiler failure analysis

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Practical, up-to-date techniques for identifying and eliminating common causes of boiler failure

Filled with more than 200 color images, The Nalco Guide to Boiler Failure Analysis , Second Edition categorizes distinct failure modes that typify nearly all boiler problems and walks you, step by step, through their solutions. Each type of failure is classified according to its location, general description, critical factors, identification, elimination, cautions, and related problems. Real-world case histories are included throughout. This authoritative resource contains new chapters on:

Phosphate corrosion Stress-assisted corrosion Steam and condensate damage Flow-accelerated corrosion

Comprehensive coverage includes:
Water- and steam-formed deposits * Short- and long-term overheating * Caustic corrosion * Low-pH corrosion * Hydrogen damage * Chelant complexing * Oxygen corrosion * Corrosion during cleaning * Corrosion fatigue cracking * Stress corrosion cracking * Graphitic corrosion * Dealloying * Cavitation * Erosion * Waterwall fireside corrosion * High-temperature furnace corrosion * Cold-end corrosion * Dew point corrosion * Fireside corrosion * Welding defects

Author Notes

Nalco Company is the world's leading water treatment and process improvement company. Nalco's more than 10,000 employees work with more than 70,000 customers in 130 countries in industry, government, and institutions to solve and prevent problems, protect the environment, decrease costs, increase productivity, improve profitability by reducing customer total costs of operation, and maintain asset reliability. The group of scientists assembled to author the various sections of this edition work in Nalco's metallurgy group, specializing in metallographic failure analysis investigations. They have conducted thousands of detailed metallographic failure analyses on boiler system components that focus on root cause determination.

About the Authors for the Second Edition	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Section 1 Waterside Corrosion and Damage	p. 1
Introduction to Boiler and Steam Systems	p. 1
Section 1.1 Deposit-Related Problems
1 Water-Formed and Steam-Formed Deposits	p. 17
Section 1.2 Overheating
2 Short-Term Overheating	p. 61
3 Long-Term Overheating	p. 79
Section 1.3 Waterside Corrosion
4 Caustic Corrosion	p. 117
5 Low-pH Corrosion during Service	p. 139
6 Hydrogen Damage	p. 157
7 Phosphate Corrosion	p. 173
8 Corrosion by Chelating and Complexing Agents	p. 191
9 Oxygen Corrosion	p. 205
10 Corrosion during Cleaning	p. 219
11 Stress-Assisted Corrosion	p. 233
Section 1.4 Cracking
12 Corrosion Fatigue Cracking	p. 261
13 Stress Corrosion Cracking	p. 281
Section 1.5 Pre- and Postboiler Damage
14 Graphitic Corrosion	p. 307
15 Dealloying	p. 317
16 Steam and Condensate System Damage	p. 331
Section 1.6 Waterside Flow-Related Damage
17 Cavitation	p. 365
18 Erosion and Erosion-Corrosion (Water and Steam Sides)	p. 377
19 Flow-Accelerated Corrosion	p. 397
Section 2 Fireside Corrosion and Damage	p. 423
20 Waterwall (Furnace) Fireside Corrosion	p. 427
21 High-Temperature Fireside Corrosion	p. 445
22 Cold-End Corrosion during Service	p. 479
23 Dew Point Corrosion during Idle Periods	p. 495
24 Fireside Erosion	p. 509
Section 3 Material Defects	p. 531
25 Welding Defects	p. 535
Glossary	p. 557
Bibliography	p. 577
Index	p. 581

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